WordPress Websites

WordPress powers 27.1% of the worlds websites because it's an Open Source, easy to use platform that makes it easy for you to deliver optimise content and easy for us to customise for you.

Why we recommend WordPress

You'll find it easy to use and an extremely powerful. You can get up and running quickly and your website can grow with your business through customisation.

We recommend for most* projects because:

it's an extremely powerful open source Content Management System(CMS)

it's optimised for Search Engines and – more importantly – people

it can be customised to have the right look and feel for your business

it can be extended with Plugins to add functionality

we can code Plugins for you to create custom business functionality or User Experiences.

Design and Branding

We can customise the look and feel of your website with a standard Theme or create a Custom Theme for your brand. A Theme, or 'skin', can change the design of your website without changing the content, adjusting the layout, typography and colours of your site. If you have a strong brand then creating a Custom Theme is usually the fastest most effective way to align your website design with your brand.

Themes

There are massive amounts of themes available online for a small cost or free (buyer beware). With existing themes we can get your site up and running faster for less investment so you can allocate budget to content or promoting content.

Custom Themes

Design is unique and often it takes less time to create a Custom Theme for your brand than it does to "bend" and existing theme. By creating our own Custom Themes we can approach your design from a Best Practices viewpoint rather than using something that's close to what you wanted.

Extended Functionality

You can publish content or we can add Plugins to perform additional functionality. If we can't find a reputable Plugin to do what you need to do we can code a Custom Plugin.

Plugins

The most widely used Content Management System (CMS) means it has the biggest community and the largest number of plugins available. A plugin is some custom code that can be installed to extend the functionality. For example, we use a Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Plugin to help us analyse and optimise your content. Plugins mean we spend less time creating custom code unlike some other systems where you constantly need to "reinvent the wheel".

Custom Plugins

Your website will, almost always, require some custom functionality. While there are often existing Plugins you can purchase sometimes they just don't do what you need to do. Creating a Custom Plugin means we can build out your business process online.

WordPress Warning

Because it's the most common website Content Management System (CMS) on the planet that also means it's probably therefore the most hacked system on the planet.

It's essential you:

constantly keep your website plugins and the "core" code updated

only use reputable plugins or themes

only use professionals to code your plugin

pay for professional hosting, support and maintenance

install and maintain additional security plugins

If you don't keep on top of these issues you're exposing yourself, your business and your website to risk of being attacked, hacked and or spammed.

Luckily, we take care of all that for you.

WordPress Hosting

Over the years we've put together a package called a Supported Site which covers way more than traditional hosting so you can get on with more important things.

*WordPress is not for every project

A Swiss Army Knife is portable and convenient and has a range of tools for many situations. However, a Swiss Army Knife is not a specialty tool – you'll never see a chef in a kitchen using a Swiss Army Knife. A chef has a special knife for every job, not as portable, but every knife performs a specialty task highly efficiently.

So, while it's is great for most projects there are other tools for the job. For other specialty sites we recommend:

HubSpot – a specialised Sales and Marketing System (which is what we built this site on). HubSpot has a special plugin for WordPress integration.

Zend Framework – a specialised set of tools for building an application from the ground up.

Native Apps – Apple iPhones and Android Phones have unique frameworks for building Apps on their own system. This is more powerful, efficient, customisable and usually more expensive to build.